How Long to Read To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition]

How Long Does it Take to Read To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition]?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition] by Roger G. Miller

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Description

Includes 30 Illustrations In this expert survey Air Force Historian Robert Miller explores the Epic story of the Berlin Airlift, the confrontation of Democracy and Communism as the world teetered on the brink of the Third World War. The Berlin blockade (24 June 1948;–12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutschmark from West Berlin. In response, the Western Allies organised the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 flights in one year, providing up to 8,893 tons of necessities daily, such as fuel and food, to the Berliners. Neither side wanted a war; the Soviets did not disrupt the airlift. By the spring of 1949 the airlift was clearly succeeding, and by April it was delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. On 11 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin. The Berlin Crisis of 1948–1949 served to highlight competing ideological and economic visions for post-war Europe, particularly Germany. The clash ultimately led to the division of that country into East and West and to the division of Berlin itself.

How long is To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition]?

To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition] by Roger G. Miller is 147 pages long, and a total of 37,779 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition] Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 26 minutes to read To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition] aloud.

What Reading Level is To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition]?

To Save A City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 [Illustrated Edition] is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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